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i think the previous colorado poll, mitt romney was down by five and in this poll, he's dead even. in nevada, previous poll had the president up two, he remains up two. i think nevada is the tougher state for governor romney. i think it's in large part because of the significant number of hispanic voters in the state of nevada. the wild card we all have to keep an eye on in nevada is going to be the mormon vote. the fact that there's a mormon candidate running for president will bring out a lot of people that we just don't really pay much attention to in politics, do we. i think that's a wild card in nevada. but nevada's tougher. colorado looks like it's moving pretty well into the romney camp. anderson, all the state polls, one thing you need to look out for is is the president under 50 and where are independents breaking down. in ohio, independents are going for mitt romney in 15 of the last polls, mitt romney has a virtual double digit lead in the state of ohio among independents. that's a huge issue in that state. if that holds up, he'll take ohio. >> we're looking at a live pi
i think the previous colorado poll, mitt romney was down by five and in this poll, he's dead even. in nevada, previous poll had the president up two, he remains up two. i think nevada is the tougher state for governor romney. i think it's in large part because of the significant number of hispanic voters in the state of nevada. the wild card we all have to keep an eye on in nevada is going to be the mormon vote. the fact that there's a mormon candidate running for president will bring out a lot...
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between obama and romney. john king is here to break it down for us. before we go to john king, we should say, we spent a long time trying to come up with a title for john king's segment. might make you sit up more, take notice, when one of the best political minds in the business is coming on. we have not rolled out a title because all of our idea stank. king side download. they are cheesy and lame. john is taking his head. we decide to call it what we think it is. and we made a fancy graphic, the part of the show where john king makes you smarter. john? >> three new battle ground state polls out today in and this race, 75 days before the election and days for the republican convention is about as close as you can get. and all the states, obama states in 2008, wisconsin, ohio, and florida. let's go through them. we look at wisconsin and stretch it out, you see this is the "new york times" polls that is a dead heat. the president with a slight advantage. proof positive the paul ryan pick is giving them a bounce in wisconsin. it has been a democratic st
between obama and romney. john king is here to break it down for us. before we go to john king, we should say, we spent a long time trying to come up with a title for john king's segment. might make you sit up more, take notice, when one of the best political minds in the business is coming on. we have not rolled out a title because all of our idea stank. king side download. they are cheesy and lame. john is taking his head. we decide to call it what we think it is. and we made a fancy graphic,...
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and when it comes down a week later, they are going to hammer romney and ryan on medicare. so romney needs to boost his standing among all the voters and get to the perception that the obama people needs to paint, he doesn't care about every day americans. >> thank you. >>> an amazing story coming up. a texas county judge is facing calls to resign from his position after saying civil car with break out if obama is re-elected. he is talking about u.n. troops sent to texas. details ahead. so our test flights are less stressful. i've got a lot of paperwork, and time is everything here. that's why i upgraded to the new sprint direct connect. [ chirp ] and the fastest push-to-talk nationwide. [ male announcer ] upgrade to the new "done." [ chirp ] with access to the fastest push to talk, three times the coverage, and android productivity apps. now when you buy one motorola admiral rugged smartphone, for ninety nine ninety nine, you'll get one free. visit a sprint store, or call eight five five, eight seven eight, four biz. to dabble with the idea of hybrid technology, it's alrea
and when it comes down a week later, they are going to hammer romney and ryan on medicare. so romney needs to boost his standing among all the voters and get to the perception that the obama people needs to paint, he doesn't care about every day americans. >> thank you. >>> an amazing story coming up. a texas county judge is facing calls to resign from his position after saying civil car with break out if obama is re-elected. he is talking about u.n. troops sent to texas. details...
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i don't call it a game change but predebate, governor romney was down six, seven, eight, some polls had him down nine points here in ohio. our new poll tonight has him down four, 51-47, within the margin of error. statistically you have to call that a tie. you see him gaining in the suburbs, among independents. a big giant question mark here is among white women. he's still struggling there, still dealing with the blowback from that 47% remark. but when you look at the national polls, now you look at the battleground polls there's no question he got a bounce in the debate. the question is can he sustain it. >> let's look deeper at the ohio poll. as you said it shows independent suburban voters, older voters, all about evenly split. white men break for romney by a fairly wide margin. you say there's still one key area where governor romney needs to make serious gains. where? >> it's white women. white women. right now, president obama gets a majority among white women here in the state of ohio. back in 2008, remember, senator obama won ohio then, he only got 47% of the white women vote.
i don't call it a game change but predebate, governor romney was down six, seven, eight, some polls had him down nine points here in ohio. our new poll tonight has him down four, 51-47, within the margin of error. statistically you have to call that a tie. you see him gaining in the suburbs, among independents. a big giant question mark here is among white women. he's still struggling there, still dealing with the blowback from that 47% remark. but when you look at the national polls, now you...
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you drop down here, only 50% in stark county. romney ahead there. a chance for romney to pick up extra votes there. by our count, thanks to hamilton county, he's ahead and has a chance to build a bigger cushion. >> in cuyahoga county, you look at the significant lead for romney, the cleveland area, we still have more than half of the vote in that area to come in. presumably, if it matches the first half, that would be very good news for mitt romney. >> we need to see these are some precincts, they're not the same, but outside the suburbs, to the east and west of cleveland are the kind of places where romney tends to perform better than santorum, and you see that if you pull out to the map. in the suburbs around cleveland, akron, cincinnati, romney is winning. toledo has been back and forth. looks county, santorum was ahead. in the areas, the dots, these are the cities, the major population centers. what about the map is unique? in all of the population centers, romney is ahead. this is where organization matters. santorum wins in the rural areas, ro
you drop down here, only 50% in stark county. romney ahead there. a chance for romney to pick up extra votes there. by our count, thanks to hamilton county, he's ahead and has a chance to build a bigger cushion. >> in cuyahoga county, you look at the significant lead for romney, the cleveland area, we still have more than half of the vote in that area to come in. presumably, if it matches the first half, that would be very good news for mitt romney. >> we need to see these are some...
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governor romney's doing pretty well down here in the southwest corner of the state where i am and in the rural areas. where he needs to do well. both candidates are doing well where they need to do well. now they're just trying to turn up the energy and turn up the intensity which is why they're both here in the state today. they will both be back in the state today. if you look deep into our poll, you have a classic dead heat in the classic swing state. >> david, you were saying a couple days ago you thought the president was an odds-on favorite to win. do you still feel that way? >> i do, anderson. i think his turnout operation is better in some of these states than mitt romney's but if you look at the overall battleground states now, look at the top ten battleground states, the polls show or the average of polls show that the president is clinging to a small lead in eight out of the ten battleground states. mitt romney is only ahead in two. that would put the president well over the top in the electoral college. now, as john king says, we don't know where this is going to go. you
governor romney's doing pretty well down here in the southwest corner of the state where i am and in the rural areas. where he needs to do well. both candidates are doing well where they need to do well. now they're just trying to turn up the energy and turn up the intensity which is why they're both here in the state today. they will both be back in the state today. if you look deep into our poll, you have a classic dead heat in the classic swing state. >> david, you were saying a couple...
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romney doubled down today with cnn's jim acosta on that now debunked ad claiming that president obama is taking the work requirement out of welfare. in addition, as we said, there's new polling out tonight with a special focus on the economy. i talked about it earlier with chief national correspondent john king and chief political analyst gloria borger. so john, new polling out today from the "washington post" focuses on two of the most critical states in the election cycle, obviously ohio and florida. what do they show? >> they show bad news for governor romney heading into the big week of the first debate. ohio without a doubt a must-win state for governor romney. here's the new "the washington post" poll. you see the numbers right here. the president above 50, six-point lead in the state of ohio. that's one poll. but if you put together what we call a poll of polls, looking at now a half dozen polls conducted over the past two weeks, look what you get. a six-point lead for the president of the united states and again, a must-win state for mitt romney. that is the state of ohio. ano
romney doubled down today with cnn's jim acosta on that now debunked ad claiming that president obama is taking the work requirement out of welfare. in addition, as we said, there's new polling out tonight with a special focus on the economy. i talked about it earlier with chief national correspondent john king and chief political analyst gloria borger. so john, new polling out today from the "washington post" focuses on two of the most critical states in the election cycle, obviously...
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every time romney has been knocked down, he has rallied. >> he sings too. >> he faces a huge challenge. he faces a huge challenge. but they have the best money, they have the best organization. the question is do they have the best candidate? we're about to find that out. >> do they? >> well, the calendar is going to benefit romney is bit. you're shifting to northeastern states. you don't have a multi-state night again until april. two-state primaries and several one-state primaries coming up. that's why it keeps going. >> the three biggest states are yet to speak out on this front. texas, california, and new york. who's better positioned in those three -- where most of the delegates are. those are the big prizes right there. new york, california, texas. who wins? >> well, new york, i believe is in april. texas is in may. california's in june. i'll answer that question on the dynamic between now and the states. every creates a dynamic for the next. >> you have the yankee primaries on the 24th. one might think rick santorum will be positioned well and mitt romney would be positioned wel
every time romney has been knocked down, he has rallied. >> he sings too. >> he faces a huge challenge. he faces a huge challenge. but they have the best money, they have the best organization. the question is do they have the best candidate? we're about to find that out. >> do they? >> well, the calendar is going to benefit romney is bit. you're shifting to northeastern states. you don't have a multi-state night again until april. two-state primaries and several...
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romney was down here. notice the blue, that's hamilton county. john mccain lost that county. republicans have to win that county to win ohio. that gives you the sense of what the state looks like. how important is it? let's go to the electoral map. it is right now one of our toss-up states. we list it this way. advantage obama, 247. solid or leaning obama states, 206. for romney, solid or leaning. you've got to get to 270. watch this, anderson. if president obama were to take ohio, it gets him to 265. if nothing else changed and he just won ohio, he would need just one more of these states. if he won new hampshire, he'd need two. so governor romney has to win this. no republican in modern times has won the white house without winning ohio. if romney wins it, then the map becomes a lot more favorable. if he's winning ohio, maybe he'll have a chance in pennsylvania, michigan or wisconsin. i say maybe. if he wins ohio, and he wins florida, look at that, and you've got essentially a tie race with a handful of key battleground states. yes, romney can win the white house without wi
romney was down here. notice the blue, that's hamilton county. john mccain lost that county. republicans have to win that county to win ohio. that gives you the sense of what the state looks like. how important is it? let's go to the electoral map. it is right now one of our toss-up states. we list it this way. advantage obama, 247. solid or leaning obama states, 206. for romney, solid or leaning. you've got to get to 270. watch this, anderson. if president obama were to take ohio, it gets him...
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this is a state mitt romney hoped he could close with newt gingrich closing down and romney thought they could eke it out. a lot of early votes went santorum's way. we're watching davidson county in nashville, place where romney was supposed to do well. we actually got the news first before they heard it here in the tennessee war room where we are at the country music hall of fame in nashville, by far the coolest primary night location so far. is the a big win for rick santorum. he had to do well here, and oklahoma, the two big delegate prices. -- prizes. he's won a lot of caucuses but this is a good 2001 have at his belt. >> newt gingrich is getting ready to talk. his supporters all excited he has won the state of georgia. you see him there with his wife, newt gingrich getting ready to speak. maybe calista, his wife will speak first. we'll watch and see what happens, an important win for gingrich, important win in georgia. in tennessee, apparently did not do that well in tennessee. georgia, he wins. let's watch a little bit of this and see what's going on. we'll listen to calista and gi
this is a state mitt romney hoped he could close with newt gingrich closing down and romney thought they could eke it out. a lot of early votes went santorum's way. we're watching davidson county in nashville, place where romney was supposed to do well. we actually got the news first before they heard it here in the tennessee war room where we are at the country music hall of fame in nashville, by far the coolest primary night location so far. is the a big win for rick santorum. he had to do...
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mitt romney is winning over those. but do we see them double down? >> yes, you'll see both double down on reaching the base. both view this mostly as a base election. find your voters, grab them by the ear and turn them out. when you see him with pat robertson in virginia, there are other constituencies, but christian conservatives in vermont are very important. when you see him with steve king in iowa, cultural conservatives are important to governor romney. to bay's point about the poll, a lot of people question every poll. but the reason those numbers exist in our poll, the president now plus six is that after his convention, democratic intensity, enthusiasm is up and republican enthusiasm is down. yes, governor romney is winning among dependents but there's a temporary enthusiasm shift in favor of the democrats. we'll see if it lasts. anderson, one more point, i was getting e-mails saying the democrats are overplaying their hands. look at these numbers, which candidate shares your values. the president has a seven-point advantage. 51% to 42% says
mitt romney is winning over those. but do we see them double down? >> yes, you'll see both double down on reaching the base. both view this mostly as a base election. find your voters, grab them by the ear and turn them out. when you see him with pat robertson in virginia, there are other constituencies, but christian conservatives in vermont are very important. when you see him with steve king in iowa, cultural conservatives are important to governor romney. to bay's point about the...
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we have marked him down for more than 70 new delegates, but now we add mitt romney. he had not only the most delegates coming into the night, but how he's also added to the lead. picking up massachusetts, idaho, vermont, virginia and then that big win in ohio. he'll get well over 175 new delegates on his team. but it is important to consider what's ahead. some very big prizes still looming. the california primary for instance with the largest number of delegates up for grabs. texas is also huge. more than 300 delegates will be divided up from the two states alone. still, what if the candidates arrive here and no one has enough delegates to win the nomination after the first vote? at that point, all bets are off. then look what might start happening. huge floor fights. delegates would be free to change their votes, arm twisting and deal making would break out. someone who is not on the ballot might be drafted, like jeb bush or chris christie or mitch daniels. no one knows what happens. all we can say for certain at that point, the vips would indeed become very importa
we have marked him down for more than 70 new delegates, but now we add mitt romney. he had not only the most delegates coming into the night, but how he's also added to the lead. picking up massachusetts, idaho, vermont, virginia and then that big win in ohio. he'll get well over 175 new delegates on his team. but it is important to consider what's ahead. some very big prizes still looming. the california primary for instance with the largest number of delegates up for grabs. texas is also...
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still, most people believe that is advantage romney because in our poll two months ago, romney was down four points, plus one now, it's a five point swing. that's encouraging news for governor romney. discouraging news for him in two midwestern battlegrounds. in iowa, a new nbc/"wall street journal"/marist poll, an eight point lead for the president in iowa, troubling in a state mitt romney very much needs to win. and in paul ryan's home state of wisconsin, another state romney hopes to keep in his basket, six points for the president there. same poll. six points for the president. how does this all play out? encouraging news for governor romney in florida. let's say hypothetically that one is trending his way and democrats don't dispute that. if we give that hypothetically to governor romney, north carolina as well, most democrats think is starting to trend out of their reach, just those two states, that would get romney to parity, 237 to 235. takes 270 to win. however, if those numbers in iowa and wisconsin hold, and the president keeps those in the blue column like they were in 2008,
still, most people believe that is advantage romney because in our poll two months ago, romney was down four points, plus one now, it's a five point swing. that's encouraging news for governor romney. discouraging news for him in two midwestern battlegrounds. in iowa, a new nbc/"wall street journal"/marist poll, an eight point lead for the president in iowa, troubling in a state mitt romney very much needs to win. and in paul ryan's home state of wisconsin, another state romney hopes...